The Burning Tigris

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The Burning Tigris

Author	Peter Balakian
Language	English
Genre	History
Publisher	HarperCollins
Publication date	2003
Publication place	United States
Pages	465
ISBN	978-0-06-019840-4
OCLC	51653350
Dewey Decimal	956.6/2015 21
LC Class	DS195.5 .B353 2003

The Burning Tigris: The Armenian Genocide and America's Response is a book written by Peter Balakian, and published in 2003. It details the Armenian genocide, the events leading up to it, and the events following it. In particular, Balakian focuses on the American response to the persecution and genocide of the Armenians in the Ottoman Empire from 1894 to 1923.